A flapping-wing microrobot with a differential angle-of-attack mechanism

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1381-1388

  Teoh, Z E ^a   Wood, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CHANGE; CONTROL INPUTS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; INHERENT INSTABILITY; KINEMATIC MODEL; MECHANICAL LINKAGES; SINGLE ACTUATORS; WEIGHT CONSTRAINTS;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84887265348     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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